From Promise to Precarity:Rethinking International Law After a Quarter-Century

The Janite Lee Reading Room

Washington University Global Studies Law Review & Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute 2026 Symposium From Promise to Precarity: Rethinking International Law After a Quarter-Century At the turn of the 21st century, international lawyers may have imagined a future of increased coalescence around shared values, more effective rule-based problem solving, and international organizations serving as...

The Challenges of Transformative Prosecution

Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (310)

This event brings together criminal law scholars and practitioners to discuss the successes and difficulties around transformative criminal prosecution strategies. The panel will feature Chesa Boudin, the former District Attorney of San Francisco, and Kim Foxx, the former State Attorney for Cook County. Both of these professionals were part of the vanguard of rethinking how...

LBS – King & Spalding Attorney Panel

Zorensky Classroom (AB Hall 306)

King & Spalding attorneys will be (most likely) Zooming in to discuss their experience at the firm, practice areas, and summer associate opportunities.

BLSA x ABS x NPHC Pre-Law Panel Discussion

Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (310)

Join us for a conversation with legal professionals from various practice areas as they describe their legal journeys. Each panelist is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, otherwise known as the Divine 9. We will be hosting this event alongside the Association of Black Students and the National Pan-Hellenic Council at WashU. We will...

True Crime & Criminal Narratology – Ethical Innocence with Ralph Grunewald

Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel and Hetlage (A-B Hall, Room 401)

What is truth? Who is innocent? Ralph Grunewald, Professor of English and Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joins us to talk about his research on true crime media and criminal narratology. Through an examination of storytelling on the witness stand and social attitudes about crime, Professor Grunewald lends us his insight into the...

Stories of Third-Trimester Abortion Care

Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (310)

Join the Reproductive Justice Graduate Student Working Group for a panel discussion about third-trimester abortion, the national landscape for abortion care, and local abortion advocacy. The event will feature third-trimester abortion provider Dr. Shelley Sella, abortion story-teller Robin Utz, and the Missouri Abortion Fund. This event is also supported by the Center for Humanities and...

Career Paths Panel Discussion: Employee Benefits

Jordan Foundation Classroom (Room 204)

Do you like the design and implementation of big plans? Come learn about this in-demand niche practice market: Employee Benefits. In this panel discussion, you will learn about the importance of details and definitions, empowering employee savings, and balancing the intersection of employee health and welfare, government regulation, and employer economics. Speakers: Sponsored by: The...

Fireside Chat with Calvin Butler, JD ’94 and Bob Viets, JD ‘69

Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (310)

Join Nickerson Dean Stefanie Lindquist in conversation with WashU Law alumni Calvin Butler, JD ’94, President and Chief Executive Officer of Exelon, and Bob Viets, JD ’69, retired President and CEO of CILCORP, Inc., a non-regulated holding company which is the parent of Central Illinois Light Company. The discussion will be centered on the careers...